Q: Is 242,146,704 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 242,146,704 is not a prime number.

Why is 242,146,704 not a prime number?

A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.

The number 242146704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 31 48 62 93 124 186 248 353 372 461 496 706 744 922 1,059 1,383 1,412 1,488 1,844 2,118 2,766 2,824 3,688 4,236 5,532 5,648 7,376 8,472 10,943 11,064 14,291 16,944 21,886 22,128 28,582 32,829 42,873 43,772 57,164 65,658 85,746 87,544 114,328 131,316 162,733 171,492 175,088 228,656 262,632 325,466 342,984 488,199 525,264 650,932 685,968 976,398 1,301,864 1,952,796 2,603,728 3,905,592 5,044,723 7,811,184 10,089,446 15,134,169 20,178,892 30,268,338 40,357,784 60,536,676 80,715,568 121,073,352 and 242,146,704, with no remainder.

Since 242,146,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,146,704, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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